CVE-2016-4469 is a cross-site request forgery vulnerability in Apache Archiva 1.3.9 and earlier versions. Multiple administrative POST operations did not enforce the Struts-based anti-CSRF token used elsewhere in the application. An attacker can cause an authenticated administrator's browser to submit forged requests that add proxy connectors or repositories, modify repository configuration, add legacy artifact paths, change organizational appearance settings, or upload artifacts.
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A CSRF vulnerability in Apache Archiva administrative and upload endpoints. It requires an authenticated administrator to visit an attacker-controlled page, allowing sensitive actions to be performed in that administrator's session context.
A cross-site request forgery vulnerability in Apache Archiva mentioned as a means to increase the likelihood of exploiting CVE-2016-5005.
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